9-letter words containing m, y, o, c
- empty cow — a cow that does not produce calves during the breeding season
- emunctory — Pertaining to the elimination of waste from the body.
- formicary — an ant nest.
- gynoecium — the pistil or pistils of a flower; the female parts.
- gyrectomy — excision of a cerebral gyrus.
- gyromancy — a method of prediction or prophecy in which a person moves round and round in a circle and the place at which they fall to the ground is said to be highly significant
- haemocyte — Alternative spelling of hemocyte.
- halomancy — Divination by use of salt. This is the origin for the superstition of spilled salt.
- hemocytes — Plural form of hemocyte.
- hemolytic — the breaking down of red blood cells with liberation of hemoglobin.
- hercogamy — (of flowers) the prevention of self-fertilization
- homocercy — the condition in fish of having a symmetrical tail
- homolytic — Of, pertaining to, or produced by homolysis.
- homonymic — Phonetics. a word pronounced the same as another but differing in meaning, whether spelled the same way or not, as heir and air; a homophone (def 1).
- homotypic — of or relating to a homotype.
- honeycomb — a structure of rows of hexagonal wax cells, formed by bees in their hive for the storage of honey, pollen, and their eggs.
- hypocrism — (obsolete) hypocrisy.
- hypomanic — Afflicted with a mild state of mania.
- hyponymic — Of or pertaining to hyponyms.
- hypoxemic — inadequate oxygenation of the blood.
- impotency — the condition or quality of being impotent; weakness.
- jockeyism — the skills and practices of jockeys
- leucotomy — prefrontal lobotomy.
- lipectomy — the surgical removal of fatty tissue.
- lobectomy — excision of a lobe of an organ or gland.
- logomachy — a dispute about or concerning words.
- lynch mob — A lynch mob is an angry crowd of people who want to kill someone without a trial, because they believe that person has committed a crime.
- macrocopy — an enlargement of printed material for easier reading
- macrocyst — a large cyst or spore case, especially the encysted, resting plasmodium of a slime mold.
- macrocyte — an abnormally large red blood cell.
- macrology — Long and tedious talk without much substance; superfluity of words.
- manoscopy — the measurement of the densities of gases
- mastocyte — Mast cell.
- mccloskey — John, 1810–85, U.S. Roman Catholic clergyman: first U.S. cardinal 1875.
- meronymic — Relating to a meronym or meronyms.
- mesocrany — the state of having a medium breadth of skull
- metonymic — Of, or relating to, a word or phrase that names an object from a single characteristic of it or of a closely related object.
- microbody — (cytology): A cellular organelle bound by a single membrane and containing enzymes.
- microcity — An unusually small city or citylike environment.
- microcopy — a microphotographic copy of a printed page or the like, as in microfilm or microfiche.
- microcyte — Pathology. an abnormally small red blood cell.
- micrology — excessive attention to petty details or distinctions.
- micropyle — Zoology. any minute opening in an ovum through which a spermatozoon can enter, as in many insects.
- microtomy — the cutting of very thin sections with the microtome.
- microzyme — (biology, dated) A microorganism supposed to act like a ferment in causing or propagating certain infectious or contagious diseases; a pathogenic bacterial organism.
- misogynic — reflecting or exhibiting hatred, dislike, mistrust, or mistreatment of women.
- mitomycin — any of the antibiotics that come from Streptomyces caespitosus
- mobocracy — political control by a mob.
- moby dick — a novel (1851) by Herman Melville.
- mockingly — to attack or treat with ridicule, contempt, or derision.